Tent city and miners on the beaches of Nome, Alaska, circa 1902

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Mining camps > Alaska > Nome; Beaches > Alaska > Nome; Tents > Alaska > Nome; Miners > Alaska > Nome; Anvil; Bering Sea; Eldorado; Log Cabin; Saloon; The Beaches; Nome; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/902

On verso of image: Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902 PH Coll 877.18 Gold discoveries in the Nome area had been reported as far back as 1865 by Western Union surveyors seeking a route across Alaska and the Bering Sea. But it was a $1500-to-the-pan gold strike on tiny Anvil Creek in 1898 by three Scandinavians,...